Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2019-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 450 to 600 lbs steers traded 5.00 to 6.00 higher, with the exception of 500 lbs offerings selling 1.00 lower. Heifer offerings of 450 to 600 lbs traded 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers in the seats today. Cooler weather in the area. Next Auction Dates for Nov 14th, 18th, 21st

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.43/cwt on 1,959 head.

Average price

$169.43

1,959 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$920

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$1.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.12

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	169.56	931	1,819
Medium and Large 1-2	467	167.79	783	140

One grade step is worth $1.77/cwt here — about $148 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,959 hd

169.43

—

NE average12 barns · 22,933 hd

165.31

+4.12

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

27 lots · USDA AMS · Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	147.93/cwt	140.00–151.50	845	232
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	148.46/cwt	142.50–151.00	919	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	139.24/cwt	138.00–140.25	801	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	608	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	845	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	189.86/cwt	186.00–197.00	803	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	164.26/cwt	155.00–167.50	948	321
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	656	163.11/cwt	154.00–164.75	1,070	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	617	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	170.28/cwt	169.00–173.00	795	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	166.59/cwt	162.50–169.00	640	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	149.22/cwt	142.50–155.00	798	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	610	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	145.95/cwt	142.00–148.00	701	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	156.41/cwt	156.00–157.00	1,001	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	180.17/cwt	175.00–186.00	850	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	711	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,045	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	863	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	175.27/cwt	169.00–181.00	747	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	157.93/cwt	155.00–165.00	646	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	154.71/cwt	150.00–162.75	726	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	504	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	642	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	594	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	196.83/cwt	185.00–205.50	754	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	168.66/cwt	163.00–177.00	889	471
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	160.48/cwt	155.00–163.25	985	342
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	151.76/cwt	151.00–152.00	856	21

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu Nov 7, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 3,855Last week 5,410Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
232	—	571	140.00–151.50	147.93
128	—	384	162.50–169.00	166.59
285	—	535	142.50–155.00	149.22
50	—	409	155.00–165.00	157.93
243	—	469	150.00–162.75	154.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	619	142.50–151.00	148.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	575	138.00–140.25	139.24
7	—	396	154.00	154.00
76	—	480	142.00–148.00	145.95
5	—	325	155.00	155.00
38	—	425	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	608	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	423	186.00–197.00	189.86
321	—	577	155.00–167.50	164.26
34	—	640	156.00–157.00	156.41
233	—	472	175.00–186.00	180.17
12	—	308	193.00	193.00
118	—	383	185.00–205.50	196.83
471	—	527	163.00–177.00	168.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
217	—	656	154.00–164.75	163.11
8	—	711	147.00	147.00
342	—	614	155.00–163.25	160.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	363	170.00	170.00
74	—	467	169.00–173.00	170.28
7	—	536	161.00	161.00
22	—	426	169.00–181.00	175.27
21	—	564	151.00–152.00	151.76

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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